Times-Advocate, 1978-12-07, Page 12gBy ELAINE TOWNSHEND
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orphaned or abandoned
because of drought or war.
Other families left their
children at the centre
because they were too poor
to give them adequate care.
Some prejudice against
education still exists among
the tribes The government
provides free schooling, but
a home must be available to
allow the children to stay in
one area long enough to at
tend school.
The home cares for boys
and girls between the ages
of 6 and 13, and the school
goes to the seventh grade.
The curriculum includes
history, geography, science,
math and religion. A football
field is located on the
grounds, and the children
enjov athletics, singing and
folk dancing. They may also
participate in drama, music,
wildlife and Christian clubs,
take part in Scouting ac
tivities and compete in the
annual school Olympic
games.The three-term school
years begins in January, and
holidays occur in April,
August and December. An
average day begins at 6:30
---------------------------------- 1 a.m.: morning prayers and
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correspond with their foster
child in Kenya. They spon
sor a child at a Home
operated by an international
Christian association. The
Home is located about 300
miles north of Nairobi in
semi-desert land inhabited
by nomadic tribes.
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chores are completed by
7:30 when breakfast is serv
ed. School runs from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. with a two-hour
lunch break. Homework and
evening chores are done
before supper at 7:30, and
the children have free time
until lights out at 9:30.
The first boy I wrote to
was about 15. Records of
births are not kept in his part
of the country, and the
school estimates the child’s
age.
Lkashudu was keen on
athletics, especially track
and field, and was eager to
hear about the Olympics
held in Canada. He said he
used a map when our letters
came and was learning
about Canada little by little.
His parents were both liv
ing; he had two brothers and
two sisters, but he was the
only one in school. In the
holidays, he helped look
after his father’s five “very
skinny” cows.
When he completed grade
seven, he left the Home. It is
too expensive and time
consuming for the agency to
record the forwarding ad
dresses of all the children.
The hardest part for me has
been losing contact with him
and wondering what he is do
ing.
In one of his last letters,
he wrote: “I don’t know
what I will do when I finish
my primary education,
because my father wants me
at home. He does not need
me for the work because he
is young and has other
children, but he like me to
stay with him because I am
first born. He does not know
what education is ... I do
not like to go back to the hut
and have easy life or
aimless life all the primitive
did up to now.”
Lkashudu's sponsorship
was replaced by a ten-year-
old boy named Salol, who
proudly informed me he
finished sixth out of twenty-
four students in class two.
He was excited about enter
ing grade three. For the first
few weeks, the subjects
were difficult, but he added,
“I like them, and I'm going
to work hard to improve my
marks.” And he did.
He told me about a six-
week holiday in which he
visited his parents, sisters
and brothers and helped to
fetch water and firewood.
He said he was glad to be at
home because he hadn’t
seen his family for a long
time, but he was also glad to
get back to school with all
his friends.
In my correspondence.
I’m supposed to help the
children learn about their
sponsors and our country,
which is so different from
theirs. But in reality, I’m
the one who is learning.
One message comes
through repeatedly from the
boys. To them, learning is a
“privilege”. They have to ■
live apart from their
families and the only way of
life they have known. Yet
they feel they are the for
tunate ones in their familie.
because they are getting an
education.
They are hungry for
knowledge. It seems a
shame that, in many cases,
the door of learning is open
ed to them only to be
slammed in their faces a
short time later.
In Canada, opportunities
fdr education are varied and
easily accessible to most
people. We take education
for granted and sometimes
even grumble about it.
Maybe we could learn a
lesson from youngsters
thousands of miles away
struggling for a chance to
learn.
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